1.(Technology Star)Little Hearing,Big World--Yu Beier.
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In 19 years, the stars are wearing the moon, and the 19 years of hard work, in order to allow the Chinese monks to enjoy the most advanced equipment in the world, in order to enable them to live a normal life, this lively, lively, singer-song girl is domestically artificial. The development and construction of the cochlea has made great contributions and made great contributions. It is precisely because of the persistence and dedication of Dr. Wei Beier and her companions that the Chinese cochlear implant field has developed rapidly and progressed rapidly. The human community has brought a wonderful new "sound" new world.
[First knowledge of cochlear implant]
In 1999, Wei Bei was also a junior in the Department of Bioengineering at Capital Medical University. She was a foreign expert in a professional English class. She learned a magical device cochlear implant, cochlear implant. A device that can help deaf patients hear the sound again. At that time, this advanced equipment has not been introduced to China, and our deaf group cannot regain a new "sound" through this magical device.
From the very beginning of the concept of the cochlear implant, she secretly made up her mind that the Chinese monks could enjoy the new "sound" and let them live a normal life through this device. Perhaps God heard her call, and the opportunity came unexpectedly. Soon after, the department issued a notice to the "Specialization of Audiology" direction, and selected six students from the junior high school to go to Beijing. The Institute of Otorhinolaryngology and Beijing Tongren Hospital received audiology education. Later, Dr. Han Demin, the director of the Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology and the deputy dean of Beijing Tongren Hospital, led the team and went to the school to be a vivid recruiter. At this mobilization meeting, she learned to establish the specialization of listening mechanics. "The direction is to train our students in audiology, and to train technical talents for subsequent cochlear implants. At that moment, her dream shook hands with reality! She secretly vowed to work hard to become a part of "listening mechanics."
She quickly seized the opportunity, after signing up for self-recommendation, professor recommendation and interview, at the level of the link, she finally got her wish to become six students in the direction of audiology. (After entering the school, she also unexpectedly found that they are also the first batch of audiology in China. In the later days, they were promoted to become the masters of many graduates of audiology. After one and a half years of theoretical study and clinical practice, she graduated from Beijing Tongren Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, and then from listening to mechanics. The knot is inextricably linked.
[Little hearing, big world]
We humans have many sensory systems. Hearing is an important part of the sensory system. Through hearing, we can acquire language, and through language, we can communicate and communicate with the society. So hearing is the basis for us to listen to others and express ourselves.
In life, many people think that "blindness" is the most unfortunate. We can't see the world because of blindness, we can't see our loved ones, and blindness cuts off the connection between people and things. But few people realize that 聋 is more cruel than blindness. Imagine that when we completely lost our hearing, we couldn’t hear the birds’ songs, we couldn’t hear the family’s call, we couldn’t hear the car whistling to make ourselves in danger, we lived in the silent world; when we lost part of it When listening, we can't understand the language of others accurately, we can't whisper with our loved ones, and we can't enjoy music. At the same time, hearing loss will also lead to the deterioration of language function, so that "you" can not understand other people's ideas, can not express their own ideas, deafness cut off the most primitive connection between people.
Both visual and physical disabilities can be seen by others. You will help you in various ways. Hearing impairment is an invisible disability. No one knows that your "disregard" is due to hearing impairment. People only I feel that "you" is so indifferent!
In addition, the public's perception of "hearing disorder" is still biased. Many people feel that they are completely inaudible. "Hear back" is not a problem. However, once the hearing level is not normal, it is a category of “hearing disorder”. Different levels of hearing loss may lead to different communication difficulties. For example, people with mild or moderate hearing loss can hear the sound, but because of the hearing impairment, the sound they hear is unclear. They will often fight, so that everyone feels that he does not seem to communicate with us seriously; at the same time, hearing loss can lead to problems such as unclear pronunciation, and everyone will feel that he is unclear. Hearing impairment is more common in the elderly population. Hearing problems bring more discomfort to their life and social interactions. They are difficult to call with their children, unable to communicate with their peers, and obstacles in communication can lead to behavioral problems, even Become an independent factor in the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Yu Beier hopes to regain the hearing of the hearing impaired, so that they can communicate, learn and live freely, so that they can have a bright future. This is her original intention to engage in audiology, and her motivation to keep moving forward. Every time I think of it, through my own efforts, I can let the monks return to the mainstream society, and she will give birth to unlimited power.
Although she was acquainted with audiology in a cochlear implant, she was first involved in newborn hearing screening when she was actually engaged in audiology. When she first entered the newborn hearing screening room, when she first completed the newborn hearing screening, her excitement could not be expressed. It is through these audiological examination methods that early detection of hearing-impaired babies can help them regain their hearing through scientific and effective methods and means, so that they can grow up as healthy as normal hearing babies, and have a beautiful future, which makes her I feel that choosing to listen to mechanics is correct.
In the initial work, she had the privilege of being exposed to the latest international hearing screening equipment and starting the first scientific research in the same research career with her colleagues at home and abroad. In this small research topic, she I experienced the pain and joy of doing research. After that, her research direction turned to the cochlear implant field and participated in a cutting-edge cochlear implant study focusing on the language perception of the tonal language cochlear implant users.
Because the cochlear implant originated from Europe and the United States, its treatment is mainly for non-tonal language English, and Chinese is precisely the tone language. The most obvious feature is the tone expression, which means that the change of tone will change the meaning of the word, such as Say "Mom-Hemp-Horse-Curse", this is a very typical example, although the initials and finals are the same, but because of the different tones, the meaning of the expression is different. If a cochlear baby speaks without a tone, we can't understand what he said, I love ma, whether to express love for his mother, or like a pony in the zoo, so the tone is very important for Chinese or tonal language people. of. However, at that time, the language development of many tonal language cochlear implant users was not perfect, and the tone was not allowed or even toned.
In the face of this situation, for the deaf patients in the future tone language can use their own cochlear implants, under the guidance of Academician Han Demin, under the leadership of Professor Liu Bo, with the support of many seniors, she is in the cochlear implant Study the firepower on this road. Through this three-year study, she really began her close contact with the cochlear implant. It was through this experience that she continued to improve herself and completed the first English paper on the scientific research road. An independent research project.
It was also this experience that allowed her to have a deep friendship with a group of cochlear implant users who became subjects who had been silently supporting her in the future. The results of this scientific research have successfully promoted the development of cochlear implant technology. The coding strategy for Mandarin Chinese has become an indispensable strategy for the current mainstream cochlear implant devices. Valuable research experience and good research results have laid a solid foundation for her future selection of Beijing Science and Technology Stars.